miragre

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin mīrāculum (“object of wonder”), from mīror (“to wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, *mei- (“to smile, to be astonished”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi.ˈɾa.ɡɾe/

Noun

miragre m (plural miragres)

  1. miracle
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 156 (facsimile):
      Eſte miragre fez ſanta m̃ en Cuñegro p̃ un crerigo q̄ cãtaua mui bẽ as as proſas a ſſa loor. ⁊ prenderono ereges ⁊ tallaronlla lingua.
      Holy Mary worked this miracle in Cluny for a cleric who sang very well his proses in her praise, and heretics seized him and cut off his tongue.

Descendants
  • Galician: milagre
  • Portuguese: milagre
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